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During 2017 and 2018, Addisu Gebre Egziabher was the head (Chief Commissioner) of the EHRC. [8] [9]In February 2019, Daniel Bekele, a former Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, [10] director at Human Rights Watch and a frequent critic of the EHRC, was appointed as the new chief commissioner and charged with its reform.
According to the U.S. Department of State's human rights report for 2022, there exists "significant human rights issues" in Ethiopia. In addition to extrajudicial killings and instances of "enforced disappearance", other human right issues in Ethiopia include arbitrary arrest, the censorship and unjustified arrests of journalists, the use of child soldiers, and more.
This list of human rights awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for the promotion of human rights. These are moral principles or social norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law . [ 1 ]
The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) was established by the UN Human Rights Council in December 2021. [1] The mandate of the commission is to investigate allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights law, humanitarian law and refugee law in Ethiopia committed since 3 November 2020 by all parties to the conflict. [2]
The state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has documented a range of alleged abuses in the Amhara conflict, most of which it has attributed to government forces.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Council was created on 10 October 1991 [1] by Mesfin Woldemariam and 31 colleagues in 1991 [2] shortly after Mengistu Hailemariam was replaced by the Transitional Government of Ethiopia, dominated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). [3]
During preparations for the return of the Ethiopian monarchy, and upon the death of Emperor Amha Selassie, the Crown Council now gained responsibility over Imperial Orders and Decorations. The following orders comprise all Imperial Honours sanctioned by the Crown Council of Ethiopia: [1] Order of Solomon [2] Order of the Seal of Solomon
The Ethiopian government has said its resettlement campaign in Gambella relocated 37,883 families before it concluded in mid-2013. A top Ethiopian official told Human Rights Watch that all families were relocated with their “full consent and participation.”